Codon usage patterns in Trichomonas vaginalis

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 266-273

  McInerney, James O ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Correspondence analysis; Effective number of codons; Mutational blas; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0030807377     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(97)80004-1     Document Type: Article

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